Football / Bunker Nuggets

q       Liverpool lead the 26 game series between the two with 12 wins, nine games have been drawn and Boro have five wins

q       Last season Liverpool were 3-2 winners in the fixture after a 1-1 draw at the Riverside, thanks to a Fernando Torres hat trick

q       In 13 matches at Anfield Boro have yet to win, they have left with a point for times and been beaten nine times 

q       Liverpool’s biggest win in this fixture was 5-1 back in December 1996 with Robbie Fowler netting six times 

q       The most popular result in this fixture is 0-0 and 2-0 which have both occurred five times    

q       Liverpool are looking for a fourth straight win over Boro at Anfield 

q       Boro have failed to score in seven of their 13 trips to Anfield 

q       Liverpool only had two English players in 18 man match day squad last Saturday, the lowest figure in the Premier League 

q       Boro were the only side to not have a player over 30 in their match day squad, Liverpool had the next best record with just one player  

q       Jamie Carragher holds the record for appearances in this fixture for Liverpool with 18, three more than Sami Hyppia, if Carragher players he will hold the record for the fixture which he currently shares with Boro keeper Mark Schwarzer who has moved onto Fulham during the summer  

q       Robbie Fowler holds the record for most goals in this fixture with five one more than Fernando Torres

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